Kaji-Say - The Forgotten Village (Timelapse)
I took this footage in and around the village of Kaji-Say (Кажы-Сай in Kyrgyzstan, also transliterated as Kadji Say) in September 2014.
GPS-location: 42° 8'28.22N 77°10'46.45E
When I arrived and made my first step off the bus, a Russian guy said welcome to the USSR and smirked. And he turned out to be right: there was a certain morbid fascination to it all. I got a room in a sanatorium that had orange, smelly water coming out of the shower and attracted guests precisely for this reason (there was supposed to be radon in the water, whatever that meant). The tourism season was already over though, I was practically the only guest in the house.
The next few days I spent my time wandering around on the shores of the lake and in the village of Kaji-Say. The people were very friendly. I heard about the uranium mine that used to be there, and about the industry that had left after the fall of the Soviet Union. There were not many young people who had been able to resist the call of the city.
I found a tiny restaurant right next to the lake, and I would go there every day to have lunch or dinner, and when the weather was right I would plunge into the cool waves of Issyk-kul. It felt like magic: sunrays piercing through the water, white mountains towering over me, everything suddenly making sense somehow.
I would wait until I felt thoroughly cold, then lay down on the sand and let the sun dry off the water on my body. There was a bottle of vodka in my room. Sometimes I would take it up to the roof of the sanatorium and sit there, overlooking the beautiful village.
And I would think to myself: why was it that everything here seemed so forgotten?
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Two Nights In Prague
I was in Prague in November 2014 to deliver a presentation at the Kolem Sveta festival. The city and her people were awesome! I especially enjoyed the nightly scenery, so I found myself walking around, taking tons of pictures. :)
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One minute of April in Germany
Nothing really happens in this video, it's just one minute of... I don't know. Is it hail? Is it snow? Anyway, now you probably know why Germans seem to be constantly talking about the weather.
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Kanchipuram - India's finest architecture, history and culture come together
The Kanchipuram District is situated on the north-eastern coast of Tamil Nadu, adjacent to the Bay of Bengal. It was the capital of the Pallava dynasty during 6th through to the 8th century A.D., when the Pallavas created the great stone monuments of Mahabalipuram. It is also a sacred destination. The ancient town had a thousand temples, but only one hundred and twenty six of these can be found today, including the few located on the outskirts. Kailasanathar Temple and Sri Ekambareswarar Temple are among the few standing today.
The Kailasanathar temple is the oldest structure in Kanchipuram. It is a Hindu temple in the Dravidian architectural style. It is dedicated to Lord Shiva, and has great historical importance. Kailasnathar Temple was built by the Pallava Dynasty during the first quarter of the eighth century. The compound contains a large number of carvings, including many half-animal deities which were popular during the early Dravidian architectural period. The structure contains 58 small shrines dedicated to various forms of Shiva. There innumerable carvings of Pallva art inside the temple, of which the Taandava dance of Shiva and the Narsimha avatar of Lord Vishnu are a pleasure to behold. The architecture of this temple resembles the shore temple at
Another monument in the list of Pallava architecture in Kanchipuram is Sri Ekambareswarar Temple. The temple is the largest in Kanchipuram and is located in the northern part of the town. It is also known as Ekambaranathar Temple.The temple ‘gopuram’ or gateway tower is 59m high, making it one of the tallest gopurams in India. There is a mango tree in the temple complex which is believed to be 3000 years to 3500 years old. The tree is the sthala vruksham of this temple and is said to bear fruit of four different flavours each season, representing the four Vedas or holy books of Hinduism.
Kanchipuram is one of the seven sacred cities of India and is also famous for its high quality hand-woven silk fabrics and saris, begetting it the title of Silk City. Saris made in Kachipuram are popularly known Kanjeevaram Saris. Kanjeevaram saris range thousands of rupees with the price going up to lakhs of rupees, depending on the weave as well as the amount of zari or silver thread used in the weave. Kanchipuram, the city of silk is not only rich in architectural heritage but its heritage still lives on in the weave of it sarees.
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